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...Today, the KIO is waging an information campaign on a series of seven planned dams in Kachin, which will flood hundreds of villages and could threaten many others because the region's frequent seismic activity could trigger reservoir floods. (Two previously built dams in Kachin were rendered useless after breaking, and nearby villagers, who never received any electricity, were killed by the rush of water.) The dams, which are slated to generate seven times Burma's entire current electricity capacity, are being jointly developed by state-owned Chinese companies and a Burmese firm, Asia World, whose managing director...
...Cycle of Depression The Chinese are learning that the Kachin, like other ethnic groups in Burma, may not be willing to turn the other cheek much longer. Last year, armed KIO soldiers showed up at a pair of dam sites staffed by Chinese workers and demanded work cease until the Chinese paid them taxes. The projects are located in an area nominally under KIO control, but the former rebels were angry that the dam deal was negotiated directly between the Burmese government and Chinese hydropower firms without their input. (Eventually, the Chinese paid up.) More foreigners could get caught...
...problem with the stimulus package as it is conceived now is that it may simply be too broad. It lets water run through breaches in the dam while hoping to strengthen parts which have not burst. It's a hard way to keep the water...
...come a long way since 1976, when the focus was on the four-year music school, with a nursing-degree program and other degrees offered as well. Shenandoah is not all about religion and spirituality. It's a great place for an education in many fields. Sandra L. Van Dam, BROOMFIELD, COLO...
...installations.“I want to see what’s on the other side of the science and the math and the models,” Sluzas said.While Sluzas has yet to choose a concrete place to live, she is considering a city near the Three Gorges Dam, a hydroelectric river dam in China whose construction required a massive relocation of over a million Chinese residents. PHOTOGRAPHING HIVSmith will work on educational organizations and explore photojournalism in KwaZulu-Natal, a province of South Africa.A lover of photojournalism, Smith said she will be taking pictures and using them...